Disabled children are almost twice as likely to fall victim to crime as other youngsters, a new report warns. Research by the Equality and Human Rights Commission found that 22%
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The most senior family court judge in England and Wales has been asked to make decisions about the future of a three-year-old girl who has been at the centre of
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Ministers have defended the care system after a former Liberal Democrat MP said council social services departments in England and Wales were “under pressure” to get children adopted. John Hemming,
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A controversial lifetime ban on gay men donating blood in Northern Ireland has been lifted. The decision by Stormont Health Minister Michelle O’Neill comes after a long campaign by gay
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A judge has banned journalists from reporting on a deportation case involving a teenager – despite it already receiving widespread press attention. The youngster is currently fighting to remain in
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Social services staff want a High Court judge to intervene in a bid to protect a vulnerable teenage girl they say is being sexually exploited by four men. Lawyers representing
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A baby boy whose father advocates the use of “harmful alternative medication” should be taken into council care, a family court judge has decided. The man had sold Master Mineral
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A council has agreed to pay £7,500 damages to an 11-year-old girl after delaying decisions about her future. Thurrock Council – which is based in Grays, Essex – is the
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Soaring numbers of prisoners are being returned to custody after being released, creating a “revolving door” system which needs to be overhauled, a campaign group has claimed. Offenders who are
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A mother who lied about her children being ill, forcing them to have surgery as part of a plan to falsely claim benefits showed no remorse during her three-month trial,
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